Living My Life (album)

Living My Life
Studio album by Grace Jones
Released	7 November 1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Reggae, Dance, Soul, New Wave
Length	37:32
Label	Island
Producer	Chris Blackwell, Alex Sadkin,
Grace Jones chronology
Nightclubbing (1981) Living My Life (1982) Slave to the Rhythm (1985) Singles from Living My Life "Nipple to the Bottle" Released: October 1982 "The Apple Stretching" Released: October 1982 "My Jamaican Guy" Released: January 1983 "Cry Now, Laugh Later" Released: January 1983 "Unlimited Capacity For Love" Released: January 1983

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(B+)[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Living My Life is the sixth album by Grace Jones, released in 1982. It was the last of three albums she recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. This time around, Jones wrote or co-wrote every track on the album except for one, "The Apple Stretching", which was originally written by Melvin Van Peebles and used in the Broadway show "Waltz of the Stork".

The album reached number #15 on the UK Album Chart in November 1982. In 1983 one report by Leo Sacks from Billboard magazine inform that the album suprassed 400,000 mark worldwide.^[4]

The title track "Living My Life" was ultimately left off the album. It received a scarce 1983 release as a UK white label single and was only officially released in Portugal. Jones, however, performed the track on several TV shows and it was also included in her concert video, A One Man Show. It was later issued as the B-side of the 1986 UK re-release of "Love Is the Drug", which became a UK top 40 hit.

Further outtakes included the track "Man Around the House" (written by Jones and Barry Reynolds), and a cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire". Both tracks were released on the 1998 compilation "Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions".

Track listing

Side A

1. "My Jamaican Guy" (Grace Jones) – 6:00
2. "Nipple to the Bottle" (Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar) – 5:55
3. "The Apple Stretching" (Melvin Van Peebles) – 7:08

Side B

1. "Everybody Hold Still" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) – 3:10
2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) – 5:00
3. "Inspiration" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) – 4:35
4. "Unlimited Capacity for Love" (Grace Jones, Barry Reynolds) – 5:45

Personnel

• Benji Armbrister – Assistant Engineer
• Wally Badarou – Keyboards
• Chris Blackwell – Producer
• Michael Brauer – Mixing
• Mikey Chung – Guitar
• Sly Dunbar – Drums, Syndrum
• Jean-Paul Goude – Design, Photography
• Ted Jensen – Mastering
• Grace Jones – Vocals
• Rob O'Connor – Design
• Barry Reynolds – Guitar
• Trevor Rogers – Photography
• Alex Sadkin – Organ (Hand), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Robbie Shakespeare – Guitar (Bass)
• Steven Stanley – Engineer, Mixing
• Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – Percussion

Singles

• "Nipple To The Bottle"

• • CA 7" single (1982) Island 79 99637
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Edit) – 4:17
  2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Edit) – 4:29
  • CA 12" single (1982) Island 79 99640
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" – 6:54
  2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" – 6:08
  • IT 7" single (1982) Island WIP 26779
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Edit) – 4:22
  2. "The Apple Stretching" (Edit) – 3:33
  • NE 7" single (1982) Island 104.706
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Edit) – 4:22
  2. "The Apple Stretching" (Edit) – 3:33
  • NE 12" single (1982) Island 600.687
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) – 6:59
  2. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) – 8:40
  • SP 12" single (1982) Ariola F-600.687
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) – 6:59
  2. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) – 8:40
  • UK 12" single (1982) Island 12WIP 6779
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) – 6:59
  2. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) – 8:40
  • US 7" single (1982) Island 7-99963
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (7" Version) – 3:59
  2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) – 4:40
  • US 12" single (1982) Island 0-99964
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) – 6:59
  2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) – 7:15
  • US 12" promo (1982) Island DMD 367
  1. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) – 6:57
  2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) – 7:15

• "The Apple Stretching"

• • GE 12" single (1982) Island 600 687
  1. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) – 8:40
  2. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Long Version) – 6:59
  • IT 12" single Island WIPX 866
  1. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) – 8:40
  2. "Nipple to The Bottle" (Club Cut) – 6:59
  • UK 7" single (1982) Island WIP/PWIP 6779
  1. "The Apple Stretching" (7" Version) – 3:23
  2. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut 7" Version) – 4:22
  • UK 12" single (1982) Island 12WIP 6779
  1. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) – 8:40
  2. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Long Version) – 6:59
  • US 7" single (1982)
  1. "The Apple Stretching" (7" Version) – 3:23
  2. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut 7" Version) – 4:22
  • US 12" single (1982)
  1. "The Apple Stretching" (Long Version) – 8:40
  2. "Nipple to The Bottle" (Club Cut) – 6:59

• "My Jamaican Guy"

• • AU 7" single (1982) Island/Festival K 8995
  1. "My Jamaican Guy" (Edit) – 3:37
  2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) – 3:48
  • GE 12" single (1983) 600 735
  1. "My Jamaican Guy" – 4:02
  2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) – 3:00
  3. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) – 5:55
  • JP 7" promo (1982) 7S-83
  1. "My Jamaican Guy"
  2. "Everybody Hold Still"
  • UK 7" single (1983) Island IS/ISP 103
  1. "My Jamaican Guy" (Edit) – 3:36
  2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Edit) – 4:25
  • UK 12" single (1983) Island 12IS 103
  1. "My Jamaican Guy" – 4:05
  2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) – 3:00
  3. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) – 5:55
  • US 12" single (1982)
  1. "My Jamaican Guy" – 7:01
  2. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) – 7:15
  • US 12" promo (1982) Island DMD 367
  1. "J.A. Guys" (Dub) – 7:15
  2. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Club Cut) – 6:57

• "Cry Now, Laugh Later"

• • CA 12" single (1983)
  1. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) – 5:51
  2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Dub) – 6:04
  3. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Dub) – 3:40
  • US 7" promo (1983)
  1. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (7" Edit) – 4:25
  2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (7" Edit) – 4:25
  • US 12" single (1983) Island 0-99916
  1. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) – 5:51
  2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Dub) – 6:04
  3. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Dub) – 3:40
  • US 12" promo (1983) Island DMD 603
  1. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Remix) – 5:51
  2. "Cry Now, Laugh Later" (Dub) – 6:04
  3. "Nipple To The Bottle" (Dub) – 3:40

• "Unlimited Capacity For Love"

• • GE 7" single (1982) Island 105 095
  1. "Unlimited Capacity For Love" (Edited Version) – 3:30
  2. "My Jamaican Guy" (Dub Version)

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard Black Albums	19
	Billboard Pop Albums	86
	Sweden[5]	7
	Norway[6]	13
	Dutch top 40	13
	UK Charts	15

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"My Jamaican Guy"	UK Charts	56
	"Nipple to the Bottle"	Billboard Black Singles	17
		Billboard Club Play	2
		Netherlands	7
	"Cry Now, Laugh Later"	Billboard Black Singles	64
		Billboard Club Play	33

Notes

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Robert Christgau review
3. ^ Rolling Stone review
4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=oSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT49&dq=billboard+grace+jones+warm+leatherette&hl=pt-BR&ei=DQ-RTeuFI4bZgQeU9pAZ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q&f=false
5. ^ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Grace+Jones&titel=Living+My+Life&cat=a
6. ^ http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Grace+Jones&titel=Living+My+Life&cat=a